The redoubtable Alan Halewood has again furnished me with wonderful pictures of Ben Nevis's remaining snows, taken today.
The main Observatory Gully patch has split in two, with the larger (upper) patch looking to be an easy 2-3m deep in the middle, maybe a little more. Even the lower patch, though now separated from the main one, looks to be doing OK.
Full size picture of Observatory Gully here: [
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Gardyloo's snow looks to have gone. I've studied the larger-scale photograph and I can't see it: [
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Point 5 Gully snow looks to be almost unchanged since the 1st October. A little loss, but materially insignificant. [
www.flickr.com] It won't take long to melt this if we get another mild spell, but at least it'll be firmer now than a week ago, and every week that elapses increases its survival prospects.
A dance to Chione is in order!